Vulnerability in PHP
CVE-2015-4601
PHP before 5.6.7 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type, related to "type confusion" issues in (1) ext/soap/php_encoding.c, (2) ext/soap/php_http.c, and (3) ext/soap/soap.c, a different issue than CVE-2015-4600.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.082 (94.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.082 · newest: 0.082 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- PHP
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus — versions 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032709 (vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- git.php.net/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75246 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/12 (mailing-list)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-4601?
- CVE-2015-4601 is a critical-severity vulnerability in PHP. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-05-16.
- How severe is CVE-2015-4601?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-4601 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.